RANDOM WORD DRABBLE | FICTION SHORTS
Hold Your Hat & Head Upright
And heed the lessons of the cowboys before you
Today’s Daily Word: GALLON
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He may have been wearing a ten-gallon hat, but that didn’t make Gus any less susceptible to tears, albeit some cowboys would disagree.
Today was a hard day as they spread the ashes of Dad across their Wyoming land, close to the corral where Gus had been given his first cowboy hat.
The poignancy wasn’t lost, as Gus recalled Dad’s message all those years ago: “Gus, when you wear this hat, hold your head upright; let people see who you really are. And always remember your humble beginnings, no matter how high or low you are feeling.”
“Thanks, Dad!”
LESSONS: Gus’s dad said it all when he taught Gus the values of humility, grace, and respecting one’s spectrum of emotions, despite how large the hat you’re…
